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Congregation Tifereth Israel ("Splendor of Israel") is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Corona section of Queens, in New York City, New York, in the United States. [4] It was founded by Ashkenazi Jews who had moved to Queens from Manhattan's Lower East Side. [1] Estée Lauder and her parents were early members. [1] [5]
Established as a congregation in 1894, as Beth Israel or Temple Israel, the initial wooden synagogue, at 10 South Fairview Avenue, was constructed in 1900. [5] Destroyed by fire on December 18, 1920, a replacement synagogue building located in the Oakley Park subdivision was completed in September 1922, located on the same site (as the street had been renamed). [6]
Unlike neighborhoods in the other four boroughs, some Queens neighborhood names are used as the town name in postal addresses. For example, whereas the town, state construction for all addresses in Manhattan is New York, New York (except in Marble Hill, where Bronx, New York is used), and all neighborhoods in Brooklyn use Brooklyn, New York, residents of College Point would use the ...
CBS News New York NEW YORK -- Ruth Harrell Wade was raised on a farm in North Carolina, but when the 98-year-old moved to Addisleigh Park, Queens in the 1960s, it didn't take long to adjust. "I ...
He was replaced by Cantor Joseph Weiss, formerly of Prestwich Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, England who served until 1964 when the current cantor, Sol Zim was appointed. Reverend Frank E. Strassfeld served Hollis Hills Jewish Center for 49 years, in roles such as Shammes and Director of Religious Activities and Daily Services.
As of 2010, Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom was the oldest Orthodox congregation on Long Island (including Brooklyn and Queens), and, according to Brooklyn Eagle journalist Raanan Geberer, "one of the few remnants of the non-Hasidic Jewish community that thrived in Williamsburg until the 1960s". No Conservative or Reform synagogues presently exist in ...
New York State Route 25A (NY 25A) is a state highway on Long Island in New York, United States.It serves as the main east–west route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, running for 73 miles (117 km) from Interstate 495 (I-495) at the Queens–Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Queens to NY 25 in Calverton, Suffolk County.
Police said that's when four men walking down 91st Avenue approached the crowd and fired about 30 shots. ... The other four are being treated at New York-Presbyterian Queens, Long Island Jewish ...